[mythtv-users] Suse 9.1 and PVR-250

[Joshua Schramm]

Thanks alot. I havent had a chance to test it (currently at work) but
it looks like thats what i need to do.

On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 09:33:46 +0200, Øystein Olsen
<oystein.olsen at astro.uio.no> wrote:
> 
> tirsdag 29 juni 2004, 06:02, skrev Joshua Schramm:
> 
> > Hey everyone,
> >
> > Im trying to get a PVR 250 to work on Suse 9.1. I know i need the
> > IVYTV drivers and have installed the kernel source but i can get the
> > drivers to compile. I have seen alot of questions about this on the
> > archive but i didnt know if someone had put together a tutorial for
> > 9.1 or not.
> >
> > Anyway the error im getting is from a misconfigured MakeFile but i
> > dont really know how to configure it properly. Any suggestions or
> > feedback from fellow Suse users would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks.
> 
> I've compiled the drivers on SUSE 9.1 and have a rpm for kernel
> version 2.6.5-7.75-smp. If you use the same kernel, you can grab the driver
> and lirc rpms from
> 
> http://folk.uio.no/oeysteio/apt/suse/9.1-i586/RPMS.olsen/
> 
> If not, I would rebuild the source rpms (the ivtv is patched cvs). I assume
> that you have the correct kernel-sources installed:
> 
> cd /usr/src/linux
> make mrproper
> make cloneconfig
> make prepare
> 
> Now you should be able to compile the drivers as an ordinary user. I recommend
> building the kernel-modules as ordinary user. To set up the ~/.rpmmacros and
> the folders to build the rpms:
> 
> $ cd
> $ wget http://folk.uio.no/oeysteio/orinoco-usb/build_rpm.tar.bz2
> $ tar xjvf build_rpm.tar.bz2
> 
> Have a look at  ~/.rpmmacros. You might want to edit a few things there (your
> name, e-mail address...)
> 
> Then download the lirc and ivtv src.rpm from
> 
> http://folk.uio.no/oeysteio/apt/suse/9.1-i586/SRPMS.olsen/
> 
> As ordinary user do the following:
> 
> $ rpm -ivh lirc*.src.rpm ivtv*.src.rpm
> $ cd ~/packages/SPECS
> $ rpmbuild -ba ivtv.spec
> $ rpmbuild -ba lirc.spec
> (You should have look at spec files to get an idea of what they do.)
> $ cd ~/packages/RPMS/i586
> $ wget
> http://folk.uio.no/oeysteio/apt/suse/9.1-i586/RPMS.olsen/ivtv-firmware-2.02.023-1.noarch.rpm
> $ su
> (root-password)
> $ rpm -ivh *.rpm
> 
> The ivtv-rpm will add entries in /etc/modprobe.conf.local. You might have to
> change a few of the options though.
> 
> --
> Øystein Olsen, oystein.olsen at astro.uio.no, http://folk.uio.no/oeysteio
> Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, http://www.astro.uio.no
> University of Oslo, Norway
> 
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